At Least Three Dead In Montauk Highway Crash

Yesterday afternoon, a deadly crash unfolded on the Montauk Highway when a 2009 Mitsubishi crashed into a Ford Windstar minivan in Copiague. According to the Suffolk County Police, Damian Dudkiewicz, 25, lost control of the Mitsubishi while driving eastbound; he "slid into oncoming traffic at 4:28 p.m." and struck the westbound minivan driven by 50-year-old Rosanna Attaguile. Two of the passengers in Dudkiewicz's car were killed while Attaguile's mother was killed. Dudkiewicz suffered non-life threatening injuries while another passenger was badly injured; Attaguile and her father were treated for their injuries—both had broken ribs and collapsed lungs. A volunteer firefighter told Newsday that Dudkiewicz "was conscious, but at the same time, we didn't know if he had brain damage or something. He kept asking: 'Where am I? Where's my fiancee?'" (The fiancee was killed.)The Daily News suggests the crash may have been "sparked by a possible drag racing contest."